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Walkie-Talkies Explode in New Attack on Hezbollah


In a second attack on Hezbollah members, two-way radios detonated around Lebanon on Wednesday, causing injuries and multiple deaths.

With Hezbollah and Lebanon still reeling from a coordinated wave of pager explosions on Tuesday that killed at least 12 people and injured thousands, another bombardment began on Wednesday, this time taking the form of exploding two-way radios. “From what we are seeing, including images circulating on social media, the devices exploding are handheld radios, possibly an Icom model,” says Michael Horowitz, head of intelligence at risk management company Le Beck International. Following the first round of explosions on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch called for an investigation saying it was not possible to locate all the sabotaged pagers and, as a result, they could end up striking “military targets and civilians without distinction.”

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